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REGISTER Filed March 8, 1941 F2 Z 22 H 30 w 4/ 3 i 1/ -7 f" Mmwrak E G SM/ TH Patented Sept. 1, 1942 REGISTER a... G. Smith, Nutley, N. .L, assignor, by man. assignments, to International Devices, Incorporated, Orange, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application March 8, 1941, Serial No. 382,309

14 Claims.

This invention relates to registers and more particularly to registers of the portable, manifold type.

Registers of the portable type are becoming more popular with time, but their popularity depends upon their compactness, completeness and the degree of effort as well as the amount of time required to condition them for use.

The object of the invention is to provide a complete, compact, highly eflicient and practical register of the portable type.

With this and other objects in view, the invention comprises a register of the portable type having a casing with a floating partition dividing the casing into a compartment for a supply of super-imposed connected sheets and a file compartment for the copy sheets, a cover for the casing providing a platen with features to hold successive groups of sheets, a compartment for zig-zag super-imposed carbon sheets and an element to hold the carbon sheets against displacement and to sever desired lengths therefrom.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein: v

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the register, with the cover in open position.

Fig. 2 is the top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, portions thereof being .broken away.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, with the cover in closed position; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detailed view of one of the carbon guides.

Referring now to the drawing, attention is first directed to Fig. 1 which illustrates a casing l0, having an open front indicated at H. Sidewalls 12 and I3 of the casing are in the present improvement bent inwardly and downwardly as illustrated in Fig. 3, to provide track portions [5, by forming elongate apertures I6 therein. The back wall I! of the casing has an opening l8 which extends approximately the full width of the casing and is provided with a depressed portion l9 around three sides thereof. A cover .20 is hinged to a pin 2| supported by integral brackets 22 of the casing and is normally urged into a position to ICIOSG the opening 18 bymeans of a spring 23. As will be observed by viewing Fig. 1, the door 20 when closed lies flush with the back wall 11 :due to the depressed portions 19. Referring now to the ends of the casing, attention is directed to .the curved corners thereare conditioned to ride upon the rails of which tacilitate'in handling, making it easy for theuser to place in and remove from a pocket or other receptacle. At the left end of the casing a member 24 isdisposed from a shoulder 25, upon which a cover indicated generally at 26may rest when in closed position. 7

The cover 2t is of the contour illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and of a size to close the open front of the casing when in the position shown in Fig. 3. At the left end of the cover which is rounded as indicated at 23; aligned projections 29 extend through the elongated aperture 16 and 15 to pro- .vide a support for the cover,-allowing pivotal end movement of the cover longitudinally of the :c'asing. Head portions 30 on the projections 29 serve to hold the projections. against displacement relative to the rails. Adjacent the pivotal end of the cover a retaining strip 32 is hinged 'at 33 to extend acrossthe cover and have its free end receivable in an apertured retaining member 35. The member 32 is of a resilient nature and may be bent to insert its free end in the apertured member; adjacent this point, :are two carbon guards identical in structure and as illustrated in the .cross sectional view shown in Fig. 4, these guards indicated at 38 are supported by resilient pins and having spaced portions 40. to receive therebetween a carbon 4-1. By the term carbon is meant a carbon paper or material of the type used in registers. The purpose of the carbon guards is to surround an entire edge of its respective carbon against relative movement of record sheets indicated at 4-3. In the present instance there are two carbon guards, the resilient wires 38 of which are-hinged as at 44, while their free ends are receivable in the same apertured member 35. The cover 26, is provided witha platen portion 36 and directly therebeneath a compartment 41 to house a supply of carbon in the zig-zag super-imposed form. The compartment 41 is closed excepting-lat the feeding. end indicated at 48 Fig. 2, thisend being partially closed by a removable resilient clip or cover member 49. be observed that the end walls of the compartmerit are bent back. upon themselves as at 50, providing portions upon which the ends or the clip 49 may engage and be held in closed position. In-removing desired lengths of carbon from the compartment; the free ends of the carbon sheets .which are indicated at 52; may be drawn out of the .open end of the compartment 4'! across the'platen portions to the-opposite side of the cover, where the free "ends of" By viewing Fig. 2 it will the carbons will be held by an element 55. The element 55 serves two purposes; one being to hold the free ends of the carbons adjacent the side of the :cover and the other being to serve as a cutting or shearing means for the carbon. This element is resiliently supported by springs 55 land '1 secured to the opposite ends of the element, the inner ends of the springs which are positioned in hollow portions 58 of the cover being fixed at 59 to a portion of the cover at one end of the element 55. A projection Bl) is formed or made integral therewith to aid in moving the element outwardly to free the carbon or for the feeding of new carbon lengths therebeneath. The opposite end of the element 55 abuts a shoulder 6| of the cover and with this arrangement th element may be rocked upon the shoulder moving only one end of the element away from the cover. 1

Attention is momentarily directed to the casing wherein there is disposed a floating partition 35, this partition being slightly smaller in dimensions than the inner dimensions of the casing, allowing the partition to move freely and form compartments upon both sides thereof, which compartments vary in size with variations in materials disposed therein. In one of the compartments indicated at 66, a supply of the superimposed connected sheets 43 are disposed, while in the other compartment indicated atB'l, the copy sheets are disposed through the opening 1'8. A roller 63 extending the full width of the sheets 43, is disposed in the compartment 66 upon the uppermost sheet and guided in its position movements by a U shaped member 18, th central portion of which extends through the roller and serves as a supporting shaft therefor. The member 13 is not anchored but serves to position the roller 68 by straddling the record sheets and being movable relative thereto.

Attention is again directed to the cover adjacent the right end thereof, where a retaining element 12 extends transversely and is positioned a suitable distance above the cover to prevent free movement of a plurality of sheets therebeneath. A pair of locating lugs 13 are disposed in alignment with each other, definite distance from the adjacent end of the platen and parallel with the guide 12. A lug 13 projects outwardly from the cover for a distance slightly greater than the height of the guide 12, for a purpose hereinafter described. Adjacent the centre of the cover, between the lug l3 and the adjacent end of the cover, a portion 15 is bent upwardly at an angle as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to direct the free ends of the sheets 43 away from the cover so that the user may freely grip the sheets in removing one group of sheets from the register and threading a new group of sheets over the platen.

In conditioning the register for use, that is, in threading the sheets 43 over the platen and providing inter-positioned carbons these sheets and carbons are threaded in definite order. a supply of carbons are drawn over the platen, allowing a suflicient length to be extended between the element 55 and the adjacent wall of the cover. These carbons are then turned back and the sheets 43 are withdrawn from the supply over the platen, to positions where apertures 88 therein are aligned with the lugs 13. Then the bottom sheet is placed upon the platen; the bottom carbon is disposed end across; following this is the middle sheet, the next carbon and then the outer sheet. In placing each carbon,

First,

the lower edge thereof is guided between the members All of its respective guard, the free end of 38 having been secured in place. Following the threading of the sheets and carbon, the resilient retaining member 32 has its free end disposed in the apertured member 35. This leaves the threading of the free ends of the sheets 43 beneath the guide 12, so that the lugs 13 will be received in the aperture 89. This constitutes the initial threading of the register. After this, the user in removing one group of sheets need only grip the free ends thereof which are made accessible by the raised portions 15, lift these free ends to cause the sheets to free the lug 13, after which the user may apply a straight pull on the sheets, removing the used sheets and drawing over the platen a new group of sheets which will be automatically located upon the arrival of the apertures in the new sheets, in alignment with the lugs 13. This is made possible through the guide 12 directing the sheets in a path beneath the upper ends of the lugs and through the resiliency of the sheets theywill drop in place upon the registration of the apertures with the lugs. In feeding fresh carbon, the user may move the element 55 outwardly through the aid of the projection 60, either moving the entire element away from the cover or locking the opposite end thereof about the shoulder 6|. In either manner the free ends of the carbons may be gripped and the user may draw the used portions of the carbons from between the sheets and simultaneously therewith place fresh carbon portions between the sheets. The user may then release the element,'allowing it to be returned to its gripping position between springs 55 and 51, at which time the element may serve as a cutting knife to cut the used carbon portions from the carbon supply.

All this takes place while the cover is in its open position, in which position the free end of the cover rests upon the adjacent end of the casing, while the pivoted end of the cover is limited against further movement to the left by the aperture l6. Let it be assumed now that the cover is in closed position, with the pivoted end thereof at the opposite end of the casing from that shown in Fig. 1. When in this position then, the outer surface of the cover is flush with the open front of the casing, but through the aid of a projecting lug 83, the user may move the cover outwardly pivoting it about the projections 29 which rotate in the apertures [6. In continuing this pivotal movement, the platen portion with the sheets and carbons may be moved outwardly and then by sliding the pivoted end of the cover the extreme distance to the left, the cover may come to rest as shown in Fig. 1. During this movement the roller 68 acts to prevent distribution of the supply of sheets 43, the upper group of sheets of the supply folded about the roller as illustrated in Fig. 1. By thus holding the sheets -during the opening of the cover, the cover may be returned to closed position where the folded portions of the top group of sheets will be returned to its original or opposite end to rest upon the remaining sheets. Therefore, when the cover is closed all of the sheets are protected against damage, yet with very little eifort a new supply of sheets on the platen may be positioned for use.. As the sheets are used and removed in the manner previously described, the original sheet is usually extended to the customer,, while the remaining or copy sheets are inserted in the filing compartment 61 through the opening it, this being made possible through the opening of the door 20. As

the supply of sheets in the compartment Glidecreases, those in the compartment 61 are naturally increased and by the aid of the floating partition the compartments are automatically varied to accommodate these variations in the quantity of sheets or materials. Furthermore, the pressures upon opposite sides of the partition serve to control the location thereof and to hold the materials against accidental displacement.

The improvement of the invention hereindescribed may be widely modified and de arted from without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is limited only by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing, a floating partition disposed in the casing to divide the easing into a supply compartment and a filing compartment to respectively receive a supply of super-imposed connected sheets and copy sheets, the partition floating between the supply and copy sheets and variable in position by variations in the quantities of the sheets to vary the sizes of the compartments, and a platen carried by the casing and adapted to successively receive the connected sheets.

2. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing having an open front, a floating partition loosely disposed in the casing to divide the casing into supply compartment and a filing compartment to respectively receive a supply of super-imposed connected sheets and copy sheets, the partition floating between the supply and copy sheets and variable in position by variations in the quantities of the sheets to vary the sizes of the compartments, and a platen carried by the casing, adapted to receive the connected sheets and movable into different positions relative to the casing, one to selectively present the connected sheets successively for recording data and another to close the said open front.

3. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, and a cover connected to the casing for movement relative thereto into different positions and having a portion to close the said open front when the cover is in one position and a platen portion to position a set of the sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into another position, the cover also having a compartment to house a carbon supply to be fed between the sheets on the platen portion.

4. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, and a cover connected to the casing for movement relative thereto into open and closed position and having a portion adapted to close the said open front when the cover is in the closed position and a platen portion to support a set of sheets, position the supported sheets in the casing when the cover is in the closed position and position the supported sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into the open position, the cover also having a compartment to house a carbon supply to be fed between the sheets on the platen portion.

5. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, and a cover connected tothe casing for movement relative thereto into differentpositio'ns and having a portion adapted to close the said open front when the cover is in one position and a platen portion to position a set of the sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved in another position, the cover also having a compartment therein to house a continuous flat pack of carbon to be fed in successive lengths between the sheets.

6. -A- register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover connected to the casing for movement relative thereto into different positions and having a portion adapted to close the said open front when the cover is in one position and a platen portion to position a set of the sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into' another position, the cover also having a compartment to house a carbon supply to be fed' between the sheets on the platen portion, and an element carried by the cover and cooperating therewith to hold a free end of the carbon.

7. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover connected to the casing for movement into different positions and having a portion adapted to close the said open front when the cover is in one position and a platen portion to position a set of the sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into another position, the cover also having a compartment to house a carbon supply to be fed between the sheets on the platen portion, and an element carried by the cover and cooperating therewith to hold afree end of the carbon and to sever desired lengths therefrom.

8. A- register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover movable into different positions and having a portion to close the said open front when the cover is in one position and a platen portion to position a set of the sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into another position, supporting means connecting the cover to the casing and adapting the cover for movement into and out of the said positions, the cover also having a compartment to house a carbon supply to be fed between the sheets on the platen portion, an element carried by the cover and cooperating therewith to hold a free end of the carbon and to sever desired lengths therefrom, and resilient means carried by the cover to support the element.

9. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover movable into different positions and having a portion to close the said open front when the cover is in one position and a 'platen portion to position a set of the sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into another position, means connecting the cover to the casing and adapting the cover for such movements, the cover also having a compartment to house a carbon supply to be fed between the sheets on the platen portion, an element carried by the cover and cooperating therewith to hold the free end of the carbon and to sever desired lengths therefrom, and means to partially close the compartment in the cover to hold the carbon against displacement.

10. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover movable into open and closed positions and having a portion to close the said open front when the cover is in the closed position and a platen portion to support a set of the sheets, position the supported sheets in the casing when the cover is in the closed position and position the supported sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into the open position, means connecting the cover to the casing and adapting the cover for movement into the open and closed positions, the connecting means including a slideable pivot for transverse movement of the cover from one position to the other.

11. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover movable into open and closed positions and having a portion to close the said open front when the cover is in the closed position and a platen portion to support a set of the sheets, position the supported sheets in the easing when the cover is in the closed position and position the supported sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into the open position, a pivot adjacent one end of the cover, and means carried by the casing to support the pivot for movement of the cover thereabout and for lateral movement of the pivot to substantially invert the cover in moving it from one position to another.

12. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover movable into open and closed positions and having a portion to close the said open front when the cover is in the closed position and a platen portion to support a set of the sheets, position the supported sheets in the casing when the cover is in the closed position and position the supported sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into the open position, a pivot member adjacent one end of the cover, and a support for the pivot carried by the casing to adapt the cover for movement about the pivot and longitudinally of the casing from one position to a substantially inverted position.

13; A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing having an open front and an apertured wall, a floating partition loosely disposed in the casing to divide the casing into a supply compartment and a filing compartment to respectively receive a supply of super-imposed connected sheets and copy sheets, the partition floating between the supply and copy sheets and variable in position by variations in the quantities of the sheets to vary the sizes of the compartments, a swingable door mounted adjacent the said apertured wall to normally close the aperture therein and provide access to the filing compartment, and a platen disposed adjacent the said open front to successively receive the connected sheets.

14. A register of the portable manifold type comprising a casing to receive a supply of superimposed sets of connected sheets and having an open front, a cover movable into open and closed position and having a portion to close the said open front when the cover is in the closed position and a platen portion to support a set of the sheets, position the supported sheets in the casing when the cover is in the closed position and position the supported sheets externally of the casing when the cover is moved into the open position, and a member lying across the sheets of the supply during movement of the coverfrom one position to another to hold the sheets against displacement.

EZRA G. SMITH. 

